Running Wireless and Wired eth connections at the same time

John Summerfield debian at herakles.homelinux.org
Thu Oct 18 02:31:05 UTC 2007


Ed Greshko wrote:
> John Summerfield wrote:
> 
>>> Since responding with one liners isn't helpful and you don't want to
>>> spoon
>>> feed people but want to be paid to be "really" helpful...then try not
>>> posting.  It will be easier for all involved.
>> It would be easier for all (including the beginners) if people with
>> problems made a decent effort to find out for themselves. There's not
>> much here that google doesn't already know about.
> 
> Sure...but this is the "real world" and we all know that isn't going to
> happen no matter how many times it is suggested or how many "read before
> posting" notices are set.
> 
> So, IMHO, if you are unwilling or unable to provide good advice then it is
> best to provide no advice at all.

I prefer to keep trying to educate them; if it keeps your inbox and mine 
down, that's good. It won't stop everyone, I don't anticipate otherwise.

> 
>> If people took a few minutes to google, they'd have their answers before
>> their questions got an answer, and that would be better for them.
> 
> Well, maybe.  What happens when the person does the google and then gets
> conflicting answers or an answer that conflicts with your answer?  I think
> we all know that one cannot easily separate the correct from the incorrect
> in google response and that there certainly is a ton of bad information out
> in the internet world.

As I replied to Sam, then one has a better problem to describe and can 
show you, Aaron and a few others I recall from some time ago that they 
have, at least, made a decent effort to help themselves.


> 
>>> FWIW, haven't you ever been a newbie?
>> yes, Ed. I said so. I also described how I learned to feed myself.
> 
> Don't open a soup kitchen.  :-)

My waist says I eat too well!

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Cheers
John

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